We believe all schools, families and staff benefit significantly from being part of our Trust. Some of the benefits include:

• Innovative and dynamic schools capitalising on the latest developments and education initiatives.

• Valued and respected staff teams who are well supported with wellbeing and workload.

• Happy children who benefit from high quality curriculum design, pedagogy and pastoral care coupled with a high quality Character Education charter based on our MAT values.

• Safe and attractive buildings and a stimulating environment for all.

• Strong and improving school performance supported and challenged by an experienced and skilled MAT Executive Team.

• Schools managed and performing efficiently with financial due diligence therefore enabling capacity for additional resource and staffing.

• Staff benefit from a comprehensive people strategy drawing on recruitment and retention, talent mapping, career opportunities for development and excellence in professional development.

• A range of events annually for pupils to work collaboratively across the MAT and celebrate their achievements.

• A range of high-quality training and support for colleagues at all levels throughout all of our schools aligned to school and trust development priorities and wellbeing.

• Teachers are driven to succeed and seek out leadership opportunities and career development.

• Strong governance structures at both Trust and School Level ensuring challenge and accountability, aligned through the mission of Achieving Excellence for All.

How Do We Support and Challenge Our Schools To Improve?

• Regular visits from our School Improvement Team to support and challenge school leaders

• Ongoing school reviews, monitoring activities and professional discussion with highly skilled and qualified School Improvement Leads

• MAT assessment framework in place

• Subject leader networks focusing on best practice, sharing of resources and educational research

• Focus on what is right for individual schools and communities – no one size fits all approach

• Excellent high quality ongoing professional development programme for leaders, teachers and teaching assistants, working local and national trainers to develop practice and understanding